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Landlubber Mike
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Some from the Kagero and TopDrawings books for the Shimakaze: Here is a video from Ebroin's Miniatures - you can see the stretched sprue rigging from the spars on the bridge mast, and in a different color:
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Very cool Michael! Clever way of using the punches to get those rounded profiles. I learn something new every time I log on here. Looking forward to watching this one come along!
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Looks great Kevin! Timely that I read your post as I'm in the middle of rigging my Shimakaze and wondering about whether and how to get a sag in some of the lines. Easy when using EZ-Line, etc. to get a taut line, but I'm wondering about the lines that should be sagged. I ended up rigging the rear tower section, now about to start the bridge area. Speaking of which, on the bridge, are the lines off the main mast that are connected to the pulleys on the spars supposed to sag? Some pictures I've seen them sag, others not. Also, are those lines black or are they usually a lighter color? Some I've seen more white/tan. For what it's worth, I saw someone create sagged lines on the bridge rigging using stretched sprue. Once he got the lines set up, he rolled a cylinder down the sprue one or two times to get a gentle curve.
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Looks great Craig! The details are fantastic - looks like Takom did a nice job on this kit.
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Nice work! I always feel like it's a big leap forward in the build finally getting the fuselage buttoned up after all the work that goes into putting together the mostly unseen cockpit.
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Great start Craig. Looking forward to watching this one come along.
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Agree with everyone above - looks great, nice job! It's really incredible seeing what you and Chris and others are doing in card, especially with all the compound curves in the subjects you are modeling.
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Looking good!
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Welcome back Max - nice work on the FWZP!
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Great job on those planes Craig - fantastic decal work! And I too am impressed by your painting with white skills - not easy for sure!
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What an amazing model!! Incredible work BE! I really like your display.
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Looking great Mike!!
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In between other projects, I put in some more time on the Asashio. There are times when the PE work is frustrating (like when a piece pings off the tweezers and you spend a ton of time on the ground looking for it), but otherwise, once you have a routine, I find it pretty relaxing. I added some of the piping details to the fore funnel. I replaced the kit part that runs from the funnel to the bridge with brass - I find the kit parts tend to be a little overscale, at least to my eye. I also added two more vertical pipes - one on backside, one on starboard front side - again using brass topped with funnel openings that are aftermarket. I also finished the three main guns. Lots of PE (15-16 separate pieces per gun, not including the brass barrels). I find detailing the guns to be some of the hardest PE work in that the rails are a bit tricky to bend and get to adhere to the gun, so I'm glad this step is over though the torpedo launchers are up next. But, these came out ok I think. Thanks for looking in!
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Looks great Craig. I love Mr. Surfacer - can't beat it! Is that the Pontos 1/700 Yamato? I almost pulled the trigger on it an it looks like a spectacular kit, but have a Fujimi kit in that scale with a Flyhawk detail set and other AM. The Pontos kit looks very good though...
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Thanks guys, it's been an interesting adventure with all the aftermarket. I ended up adding brass gun barrels and a pitot from Master - a bit of a splurge, especially when you can barely see the guns, but the profiles look much more to scale and with better definition than the kit parts. I added rivets using my 0.75mm Rosie the Riveter wheel, and re-scribed some of the panel lines. I've also had to do a few other fixes as well. Apparently all Buffalos except the 339E only had one landing light on the port wing, so I went ahead and filled the starboard side (used my RP Toolz punch set and the 4.5mm punch filled the hole perfectly). It's not in the pictures here, but I also scratch built the radar antenna that goes on the starboard side of the cowl. The kit piece just glues to the side of the cowl, and wasn't a very robust piece of plastic, so I figured it was only a matter of time before I knocked it off. So, I drilled a hole into the cowl, and epoxied in a longer antenna where the base is inserted a few millimeters into the cowl. Seems a lot more robust and will be harder to break off. I'm now in the middle of priming everything with Mr. Surfacer 1500. I had some fit issues which Special Hobby is known for, so it's been prime, fill and sand, prime, and repeat. But getting closer to throwing some colors on it. Building into a nice kit I think. Thanks for looking in!
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Looking great Kevin! Fantastic job! What are you going to use for rigging? I was going to use EZ-Line Fine, but decided to go with Infini. But then I realized I didn't have the right size so had to order it 🤬 Hopefully should get it later this week.
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Looking really good - nice job!
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Absolutely fantastic Glen, great job!!! What a cool display! Your skills in SIB building are amazing, only to be matched by your creativity and ingenuity. Thanks for sharing with us!
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Beautiful work Peter! Turning into a magnificent model!
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That's really helpful, thank you! I was trying to figure out what to do as the Buffalo has a relatively long cockpit and i wasn't sure how to tape certain sections. Having the canopy on the model makes things much easier!
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Sorry, meant how is the quality?
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Coming along great so far!
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Came out great Andrew! Looks like a fairly good sized model even at this small scale.
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Nice looking model there - very cool subject, great job!
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Nice choice Craig! How do you find the kit? I don't have any Wolfpack kits, but did use their wing fold aftermarket for my FM-1 build and I was impressed.
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